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Ford School hosts 
discussion with Rep. 

Dave Camp and 
Rep. Mike Rogers

By LYDIA MURRAY

Daily Staff Reporter

Two alums of the U.S. House 

of Representatives — former 
Republican Congressmen Dave 
Camp and Mike Rogers — 
addressed a crowd of 120 people 
Tuesday night during the Ford 
School of Public Policy’s final 
Policy Talk of the fall semester.

Camp served in the House 

of Representatives for more 
than 24 years and is known for 
introducing the Tax Reform 
Act of 2014, a comprehensive 
tax reform bill. Rogers worked 
in Congress for more than 
14 
years, 
specializing 
in 

cybersecurity 
and 
national 

terrorism policy. Before his time 
as a representative, he served in 

the United States Army and was 
an FBI special agent.

Rogers, 
who 
chaired 
the 

Permanent Select Committee 
on 
Intelligence 
while 
in 

office, said he thought one of 
the biggest national security 
issues is how the United States 
prepares for cyber attack, due to 
the rapidly increasing technical 
capabilities 
of 
antagonistic 

countries.

“What most people would 

find shocking is that they 
are 
overwhelming 
us 
with 

numbers,” he said. “There are 
more SBR (Russian intelligence 
agents), or what you would 
know as KGB agents operating 
in 
the 
United 
States 
than 

there were at the height of the 
Cold War, and there are more 
Chinese espionage operations 
being conducted than we have 
ever seen.”

Rogers 
said 
the 
most 

important 
first 
step 
the 

government can take toward 
addressing the issue is cyber 

See CONGRESS, Page 2A

RITA MORRIS/Daily

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Clarence Page moderates the discussion during the Diversity Summit held in Rackham Auditorium on Tuesday.

Hundreds fill 

Rackham as Schlissel 
calls on community 

for suggestions 

By LARA MOEHLMAN 
and ALLANA AKHTAR

Daily Staff Reporters

After 
hearing 
responses 

from audience members who 

filled 
Rackham 
Auditorium 

and crowded the lobby outside, 
University 
President 
Mark 

Schlissel told the room that 
diversity is a long-term ideal 
that can only be improved with 
the help of every member of the 
community.

Schlissel 
and 
other 

administrators 
hosted 
a 

community-wide 
assembly 

Tuesday morning to discuss 
diversity 
and 
inclusion 
on 

campus. The assembly was 

part of the week-long Diversity 
Summit, organized to engage 
faculty and staff in dialogue 
and brainstorm solutions to 
make campus more inclusive.

The assembly was emceed 

by 
Pulitzer 
Prize-winning 

journalist Clarence Page, who 
told The Michigan Daily on 
Monday he hoped the forum 
would get people past their 
shyness in discussing race, 
gender and ethnicity in public.

“The University is one place 

where the very purpose of it 
is to learn about the universe, 
the world around you beyond 
the world you are accustomed 
to,” Page said. “I am glad the 
Michigan folks are doing it and 
I’m glad to be a part of it.”

Despite a slight increase 

in 
the 
enrollment 
of 

underrepresented 
minority 

students in the 2015 freshman 
class, Schlissel and members 
of the campus community have 
See DIVERSITY SUMMIT, Page 3A

SMTD stages 
opera ‘Deceive 
Your Family’ 

EVENT PREVIEW

Two one-act 
operatic farces 
revived by ‘U’ 

students

By DAYTON HARE

Daily Arts Writer

Humans 
are 
irresistibly 

drawn to drama. Some people 
even have a penchant for creating 
it in their own lives, though most 
are content 
to 
witness 

it run havoc 
over 
oth-

ers — even 
if those oth-
ers are ficti-
tious. Thus, 
the 
theat-

rical 
per-

formance 
was 
born, 

and 
plays 

of 
expan-

sive 
emo-

tional depth 
became 
central 
to 

the 
soci-

etal psyche 

of peoples in locations ranging 
from the Yucatan to the Japa-
nese archipelago. Music has also 
been historically associated with 
drama and emotion, so it’s hard-
ly surprising that the two arts 
managed to combine into one of 
the oldest and most theatrical 
genres in classical music: opera.

This 
week, 
contributing 

a little bit more towards the 
400-year-old tradition of opera, 
students from the School of 
Music, Theatre & Dance will 
demonstrate this dramatic art 
in several performances of two 
one-act operas.

“Every time we try to select 

works to produce for the School 
of Music, Theatre & Dance, we 
try to find pieces that fit the 
student population that we have 
— the singing actors who are 
in the program — and we try to 
offer pieces that have as many 
roles as possible,” said Robert 
Swedberg, 
the 
production’s 

director and associate professor 
of music, in an interview with 
The Michigan Daily.

“We 
have 
a 
tremendous 

number of really worthy singing 
actors who we would like to 
be able to accommodate with 

See OPERA, Page 3A

EMILIE FARRUGIA/Daily

Flautist Michal Zak, a member of the Polish music and dance group Janusz Prusinowski Kompania, teaches a song during 
the Kompania’s music and dance workshop at the Michigan League Ballroom on Tuesday.

Resolution asks 
‘U’ to not assist 
in immigration 
enforcement

By JACKIE CHARNIGA

Daily Staff Reporter

Central Student Government 

brought 
multiple 
resolutions 

to 
the 
assembly 
floor 
at 

their 
Tuesday 
meeting, 

including 
proposals 
related 

to 
immigration 
policy 
and 

funding. During the session, 
CSG vetoed a resolution to 
support making the University 
a sanctuary campus and heard 
several options for spending 
the 
remainder 
of 
their 

legislative discretionary fund. 
The assembly also received 
an update on the University’s 
ongoing debate over the release 
of course evaluation data.

Course evaluations

CSG 
President 
Cooper 

Charlton, 
an 
LSA 
senior, 

reported 
to 
the 
assembly 

that conversations about the 
release of course evaluations 
are ongoing with the Senate 
Advisory 
Committee 
on 

University Affairs.

Cooper 
said 
the 
three 

stipulations 
CSG 
wants 
to 

met are the release of course 
evaluations 
to 
advisers 

See CSG, Page 2A

Event host 

emphasizes need 

for affordable 
housing in A2

By ANNA HARITOS

Daily Staff Reporter

The University’s Sociology 

Department 
hosted 
a 

simulation 
Tuesday 
night 

meant to show students how 
it feels to live below the 
poverty line.

The 
workshop, 
titled 

“Experiencing 
Poverty 
in 

America,” was facilitated by 
the Interfaith Council for 
Peace and Justice, an Ann 
Arbor group that envisions a 
world free from violence and 
poverty.

ICPJ 
Director 
Chuck 

Warpehoski, who is also a 
member of the Ann Arbor 
City Council, said he aimed 
for 
participating 
students 

to gain deeper knowledge of 
and empathy for those living 
in poverty.

“Our main focus of the 

simulation is the empathy 

CAMPUS LIFE

STUDENT GOVERNMENT

See SIMULATION, Page 3A

How to 
Deceive 
Your Family 
(Two Operas 
About Love 
and Greed) 

Nov. 12-15 

Thursday at 
7:30, Friday and 
Saturday at 8:00, 
Sunday at 2:00

$22 and $28 

reserved seating $12 

students with ID

LE ARNING THE FLUTE

eating purposefully

How to be a vegan in Ann Arbor

» INSIDE

Two former 
legislators 
talk taxes, 
security law

With summit, ‘U’ solicits 
input for diversity plans

CSG discusses proposals for 
sanctuary campus, funding

Students
engage in
poverty
simulation

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ARTS...........................5A

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CL ASSIFIEDS...............6A

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